About the faculty

About the faculty

Welcome to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the fifth and newest Faculty at Macquarie University, formed in 2014. We are a Faculty on the move with a bold ambition to create educational and research programs with a difference. We value collaboration between health professionals and with our patients, concentrating our core purpose on developing a holistic approach to medical training and education with a focus on three aspects - Heal, Learn, Discover.

We aim to serve our community, but our outlook is global. Our faculty's mission is that through putting the patient first, we deliver clinical care, learning and research focused on progress through evidence.

Please explore the pages below to learn more about the exciting opportunities and future we are building for medicine and health sciences at Macquarie University.

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is proud to bring together leading clinicians and surgeons from a range of fields and areas of expertise to shape our exciting future development.

Welcome to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University, the fifth and newest Faculty formed in 2014.

Beginning in 2007, Macquarie University has been developing an academic health enterprise that will constitute Australia's first fully integrated academic health sciences centre under a university's leadership.

With a focus on patients and an ultimate goal of improving lives, MQ Health will see true convergence of the learning and research endeavours of Macquarie's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences with the clinical care provided at Macquarie University Hospital and Clinics.

The Faculty has rapidly grown to over 700 staff and students. The initial focus has been on developing capacity in biomedical, translational and health services research, and we have attracted more than 100 higher degree research students. Current areas of research strength include neurosciences (especially motor neuron disease, neurological rehabilitation, and the clinical neuroscience of pain), cancer medicine, and vascular science, amongst others. Our Faculty hosts the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, an internationally acclaimed powerhouse researching health systems, e-health, and patient safety. Macquarie's Masters of Research and PhD programs provide flexible options for students interested in post-graduate research qualifications.

In learning and teaching, the Faculty has developed a unique suite of capability-based medical educational programs aimed at post-graduation subspecialty medical education and training. We have recently developed an innovative undergraduate entry degree, the Bachelor of Clinical Science for students interested in studying clinical science, either as a prevocational health practice degree or as a foundation to pursue medical research. The first cohort in this program commenced their studies with us in early 2016. Our Department of Health Professions offers a unique Doctor of Physiotherapy degree that is the only three-year extended masters-level, professional-entry physiotherapy program in the state. In 2015, the Faculty proudly graduated the first cohort of students in degree. Our approach to teaching is founded on real experiences as a basis for learning, and uses educational technology to suit modern students who need to access education when and where it suits them.

We are a Faculty on the move with bold ambition to create educational and research programs with a difference. We value collaboration between health professionals and with our patients. We aim to serve our community, but our outlook is global. I welcome you to our website. Please visit often as we update our information about new innovations in learning and discovery.

Professor Patrick McNeil MB BS PhD FRACP

Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

As part of our outreach and engagement activities, MQ Health seeks to form a range of collaborative partnerships with various academic institutions, companies and associations which generate beneficial outcomes for all involved.

Donations

Body donation program

With the vision of being a world class university health sciences centre, integrating clinical care, learning and research to improve lives, MQ Health incorporates the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University Hospital and Clinics.

MQ Health builds on our aspiration to create integrated approaches to patient care, discovery and workforce preparation that are already well established within the United States, Europe and Asia.

It will bring together the excellent work of medical and allied health researchers across the University and around the country, with unparalleled access to the world-leading clinical resources and research facilities found only on our campus.

We are searching for experienced clinical academic leaders who are interested in pursuing new paradigms in medical learning and teaching. You’ll have medical qualifications, be registered to undertake clinical practice in Australia and hold recognised Australian college speciality qualifications. Find out more about clinical academics.

Clinical programs

In order to adapt to the changing and often complex needs of our patients, now and into the future MQ Health has developed a clinical program structure with the patient and carer’s needs top of mind. This involves the organisation of our clinical services, research and teaching programs around complex disease processes rather than traditional clinical speciality based models. Our structure is created with the aim of embedding a coordinated and integrated team-based approach to care across the continuum of prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management and support underpinned by the latest evidence and research. Our seven Clinical Programs and their leaders are as follows:

Clinical Program

Clinical Program Head

Bone and Joint

TBA

Cancer

Professor Richard Kefford

Cardiovascular and Respiratory

Professor Alvin Ing

Critical Care and Anaesthetics

Professor Michael Parr

Neurosciences

Professor Marcus Stoodley

Primary Care, Wellbeing and Diagnostics

Professor Simon Willcock

Surgery and Gastrointestinal

Associate Professor Anil Keshava

Macquarie University’s vision of using learning and discovery to benefit patients is reflected in the MQ Health pourpose, Heal, Learn, Discover.

Clinicians who are passionate about teaching, supervision and research are vital to this ambitious endeavour.

Appointment as an Honorary Clinical Academic with Macquarie University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences reflects commitment to this vision and is a necessary first step.